One More Time... || Trayce Thompson

7.1

Danielle -November 2018

"So he hung up on you?" Hannah asked in shock.

I nodded slowly as I sipped my iced coffee. My eyes were swollen and puffy and on fire. I cried all night.

"What a douche!"

"I don't know anymore..."

"I hate seeing you this down. Over a boy, especially. How about me, Scott and the rest of the girls come over tonight to get your mind off of it. I'll bring all the alcohol we need."

"I don't know..." I shrugged.

"Come on! It's Friday! You need to be around some good people."

"Okay... Fine you talked me into it."

"Would 5 be okay?"

"That's fine with me. I'll have to straighten up."

She chuckled. "Okay. I'll let everyone know. And you should go home and get some rest. You look like you are running on 2 hours of sleep."

I smiled lightly. "Yeah, I was about to head out. I don't have any sectionals today. I'll see you guys at 5."

"Okay, bye girly!"

I smiled faintly as I walked to my car and drove back home.

I walked into the doors to the main lobby of my apartment complex, and the first thing I was eyeing was the black grand piano in the corner of the room by the fireplace. I always play on this piano, the people don't mind. They enjoy my music. I sat down on the black bench, and played a chord, before playing the notes to one of my most recently learned songs, saved just for this occasion.

"You called me out and taught me tough
With love, with love.
You fought my flaws, my teeth, my claws
With love, with love.

'Cause every time I'm slipping away from myself,
You're the one that moves me like nobody else.

'Cause when I'm down and I'm done
And I'm coming unplugged,
When I'm ready to fall,
You're the one always holding me up
With love.

Oh, no, no.

Your tongue won't tie.
You always find
The truth.
Yeah, you do.
But still you smile
Despite the lines
I drew
For you.

'Cause every time I'm slipping away from myself,
You're the one that moves me like nobody else.

Oh, no.

'Cause when I'm down and I'm done,
And I'm coming unplugged,
When I'm ready to fall,
You're the one always holding me up
With love.

Love, love, love, love.

When I'm down, when I'm coming undone. No.
You're always there with love (love)
When I'm done,
When I'm out, when I fall,
You're always always-always-always there.

When I'm down and I'm done,
And I'm coming unplugged,
When I'm ready to fall,
You're the one always holding me up.

When I'm down and I'm done,
And I'm coming unplugged,
When I'm ready to fall,
You're the one always holding me up
With love..." 

I held out the last chord and let them fade into the piano, before fading into nothing. A round of applause came from people that were watching me in the lobby. I smiled and bowed, and grabbed my stuff to head up to my room, where I straightened everything up before my company came.